Welcome to
Christ the King Church
Burnley
(Incorporating the Church of St Teresa)
Address: Christ the King Roman Catholic Church, 9 Healey Ct, Burnley, BB11 2QJ
Phone via St Mary's Presbytery: 01282 422 007
Safeguarding Representative: Awaiting Update,
Phone: For Christ the King Parish Safeguarding see
(If for some reason you're unable to get through,
in an emergency contact police or Social Services)
On this Page:
Mass Times | Other Notices | Knights of St Columba | Christmas Mass
Reasons to Be Cheerful | Live Streaming of Masses
Prayers and Messages | Mass Intentions | Foodbank | CAFOD Updates |
Other Pages in this section:
Introduction | Mass & Confession Times | Find Christ the King Church | Sister Churches - Links
Community Gathering Dates | Notices | Church Groups | Christ the King Photos | St Teresa's
Photos | Christ the King History
Our Local Primary School (opens in a separate window)
Christ the King RC Primary School
Please note the changes this week.
Monday Advent Weekday
9.30am St Mary’s
Tuesday Advent Weekday
9.30am St Mary’s
1.00pm Funeral Mass at St John’s for Patricia Bradley RIP
Wednesday Advent Weekday
9.30am Christ the King 7.00pm St John’s
Thursday Advent Weekday
9.30am St Mary’s 10.00am St John’s
Friday Advent Weekday
10am Funeral Mass at St Mary's for Joan Preston RIP
followed by Exposition and Reconciliation from 11.30 to 12 Noon
Saturday Advent Weekday
9.30am St Mary’s, followed by Reconciliation with Exposition: 10.30 to 11.30am
Vigil Masses:
6.00pm St John’s preceded at 5.15pm until 5.55pm with Reconciliation and Exposition
6.30pm St Mary’s
Sunday Fourth Sunday of Advent
Christ the King: 9.15am and 5.00pm
St Mary’s: 10.00am (This Mass will be live-streamed on the parish website*).
St John’s: 10.45am
(*A recording of the Mass should be available later from Sunday afternoon)
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Let us learn to live with kindness, to love everyone, even when they do not love us.
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The Mass is the most perfect form of Prayer”—Pope Paul VI
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POPE LEO’S OBSERVATIONS ON ADVENT WHILST IN THE MIDDLE EAST “If we truly want to help the people we meet let us ‘keep watch’ over ourselves, as the Gospel recommends , by cultivating our faith with prayer, with the sacraments, living it consistently in charity and casting off the works of darkness and putting on the armour of light. “How urgent this call for peace is, for us today,” How great the need for peace, unity and reconciliation around us, within us and among us. What can our contribution be in response?”
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THE CATENIAN ROSARY GROUP Starting in 2002, The Catenian Rosary Group have asked people to donate rosaries to help in the Church’s missionary work. From initial gifts to South Africa and Australia the donations have expanded across Africa and Asia, including the fledgling Church in Nepal, with help on transportation from Missio. Over half a million rosaries have been donated in total! The donations also go to prisons, but because of prison restrictions, money donations are more welcome, The Catenian Burnley Circle is now asking everyone to search for and give unwanted rosaries and drop them in the boxes at the back of each church to further support this wonderful work. |
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KSC CHRISTMAS CRACKER 2025 Our hugely popular Christmas Cracker this year will be on Friday 12th December starting at 8.00pm at Burnley Cricket Club’s refurbished events room. The evening will feature top vocal entertainer Alex Gardener, so a great night is assured. To ensure your comfort, ticket numbers are limited, and are available on a ‘first come first served’ basis, costing £8.00 including a light supper. The proceeds for the concert will go to two local charities: Pendleside Hospice and Holly Grove school. Tickets available from Trevor (07526 601 568), or Bernard (07800 867 554) - please book early to avoid disappointment. |
HOLY COMMUNION AT HOME
If you, or someone you know cannot get to Mass but would like to receive Holy Communion in their home, please ask their permission, then talk with Fr David to arrange things.
CHURCH STEWARDS
Huge thanks to our stewards who make attendance at church possible as we continue to work at remaining safe whilst in church. Please call Fr David if you would like to join this invaluable team.
OTHER NOTICES
MONDAY MORNING MASS AT ST. MARY’S
Tea and toast will be served in the parish rooms after 9.30am Mass on Mondays.
This will be organised by the Legion of Mary who will commence their weekly meeting at 10.30am in the Newman Room. All are welcome.
PARISH BONUS BALLGAME—WINNERS!
Thanks to all who have supported the bonus Ball game and it will continue each week.
The winning Bonus ball number for last Wednesday was number 38
Congratulations to last week’s winners who are as follows:
St John’s ~ Rollover St Mary’s ~ Margaret Christ the King ~ Rollover
Please claim your prize from the appropriate sacristy.
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MISSIO BOXES COLLECTIONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS CHRIST THE KING: For the Christ the King Community October is the month for the collection of the Missio Red Boxes. Please bring your boxes to Church or call Stephen on 07593 854661 to arrange collection. Thank you for yor amazing continuing support. |
BURSARIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WANT TO “ HELP YOU TO HELP OTHERS”
The Catenian Association offers financial support to young Catholics (aged 16—24) who are involved in development projects which help less fortunate people, (including Diocesan and HCPT Pilgrimages). For more information go to catenianbursary.com
ST JOHN THE BAPTIST MEMORIAL CORNER
Take a look at the two very interesting volumes of information regarding all those named on the war memorial at Saint John’s. They can be found in the memorial corner.
They have been compiled by one of our parishioners Linda. Her extensive work has involved studying a number of Internet sites, such as ancestry.com, the Commonwealth War Graves, British newspaper collection at findmypast and many more.
We thank Linda for her, thoroughly detailed research.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PARISH BY STANDING ORDER
You can make your contributions to the parish online by Standing Order; Please contact your bank and inform them that payment should now be made as follows:
Name: The Salford Diocesan Trust : The Good Samaritan Parish
Sort Code: 205558
Account number: 50404640.
Many thanks.
KSC QUIZ NIGHT AT ST MARY’S PARISH ROOMS
Our next quiz night will be Monday 15th Dec at 8pm in St Mary’s parish rooms. This will be our last one of the year so we will have a Christmas theme and we will be serving free festive sandwiches and mince pies. Quiz Master will be Fr David.
All are welcome.
“I couldn’t repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder!!”
Here’s one of the Quotes sent from a parishioner on the website.
There are many more—and Quips! Have a laugh! Enjoy the wisdom!
Send us one of your own favourites!
We’re all deeply into our new way of life and most of us we need to look for the silver linings.
Till things go back to normal, let’s try to cheer each other up. Parishioner Tony Waters, who many of you may know from St Mary’s, has contacted us with a brilliant idea.
In the current climate, why not have a series of items on reasons to be cheerful?
We reckon that anything that lightens up some of the doom & gloom has got to be good!
We’ll publish them on the website, and in the Newsletter when space allows.
Email us with your suggestions to
Here’s one of our latest - on being allowed to ‘play out’ (for exercise)
OVERSEAS ACCLAIM FOR OUR GREAT WEBSITE!
"Everything in the site pulls you into the parish community.
It's like an invitation to belong to something special”
These are the wonderful words sent to our web manager this week from an admirer from the Parish Council of Magheralin Parish in Northern Ireland. She says she's had a good look at our website and was impressed - commenting especially on the dedication it takes to keep it up to date! She adds:
“Sincerely, well done with that design and to all contributors."
She ends by saying she will ask the other members of their Council to take a look...
she wants to steal some of our ideas! Well done to the web team for their dedication, creativity and hard work. Well deserved praise. SHARE THE NEWS! There are many people still self- isolating so make a call!
Read our wonderful newsy and topical parish website, and ring someone with the news and a chat to help with their isolation. Good fun too!
Streamed Sunday Mass: Please note that Fr David will celebrate Mass on Sundays at St Mary’s and it will continue to be live-streamed.
This Mass will be recorded and available to view later on Sunday morning, or early afternoon.
Thank You: We have built excellent teams of stewards over the weeks and they do a really splendid job. Our thanks to them—without your help, none of this would be viable!
The National Shrine in Walsingham; www.walsingham.org.uk
The Good Shepherd parish in Colne; www.goodshepherdpendle.org.uk
You can also find the Readings for Mass each day on www.universalis.com
Pope Leo’s Prayer intention for December
For Christians living in areas of war or conflict
Let us pray that Christians living in areas of war or conflict, especially in the Middle East, might be seeds of peace, reconciliation, and hope .
Diocesan Cycle of Prayer Intentions in Ordinary Time
A deeper understanding between Christians and Jews
● Those who suffer persecution oppression and denial of human rights
● Europe
● Seafarers
Message from Pope Francis about Reconciliation: These words from the Holy Father should help us while some of us cannot go to the Sacrament:
“Do what the catechism says. It’s very clear. If you don’t find a priest to go to confession, speak to God. He’s your Father. Tell Him the truth: ‘Lord. I did this and this and this. Pardon me.’ Ask His forgiveness with all your heart with an act of contrition, and promise Him, ‘afterwards I will go to confession.’ “You will return to God’s grace immediately. You yourself can draw near, as the Catechism teaches us to God’s forgiveness, without having a priest at hand.
"Every political social or religious project involves the inclusion or exclusion of the wounded, lying on the side of the road. Each day each of us faces the choice of being a good Samaritan or an indifferent bystander"
- Pope Francis, 2003
POPE FRANCIS SPEAKING ABOUT CHRIST THE KING
At the end of our life we will be judged on love, that is, on our concrete commitment to love and serve Jesus in our littlest and neediest brothers and sisters. That mendicant, that needy person who reaches out his hand is Jesus; that sick person whom I must visit is Jesus; that inmate is Jesus, that hungry person is Jesus.
Send Your Holy Spirit:
Heavenly Father, You have created each of us to love You and your people.
You have chosen some to serve by responding to the particular call to the priesthood and religious life. Send your Holy Spirit to stir the hearts of those You have designed to follow this path of spiritual leadership.
We pray this petition, faithful and most gracious God, in the name of your Son,Jesus Christ, Our Lord.
-Pope John Paul II
“An obedient father: As he had done with Mary, God revealed his saving plan to Joseph. He did so by using dreams, which in the Bible and among all ancient peoples, were considered a way for him to make his will known.”
Lately Dead: Christopher McKnight, Fr John McClusky MHM, Patricia Bradley, Trevor Merrett, Joan Preston, Gary Townley, Eileen Duignan, Eileen Seddon
Birthday Memoriam : John Coupe, Mary Coupe, Sam Slattery
Anniversaries: Andrew McNamara, Frederick Aloysius Pickles, Bashir Variyam, Terry Manley, John Duerden, Philip Guilfoyle, Mary Atkinson,Patricia D’Silva, Terry Bates
Christmas Memoriam: Joan and Steve Lawrenson, Stansfield and MacMahon families, Terry MacMahon, In Memoriam; Bob and Kathleen Beckett
Other intentions: Sister Maureen Maguire, Mrs June Berry, Donor’s ints
COMMUNITY GROCERY
This is a grocery targeted for those people who are having difficulties in the cost of living crisis. You pay a registration fee of £5 for the year, and can then shop weekly (or more often if need be) for £4 per visit — the usual ‘shop’ is equal to about £20/ £30 in any other supermarket. The two shops are 1) in the shopping centre square above New Look, and 2) Valley St near the cemetery. They’re open Monday to Friday 9.30am to 4.30pm. Just drop in, see and buy!
The people of the parish have given donations and goods, through and in addition to the excellent work of Blessed Trinity College, who have raised over £14,000 since they started.
You are asked to continue to put food into the collection point in many supermarkets, as well as using the Blessed Trinity site for financial donations at https://tinyurl.com/BlessedTrinityJustGiving.
CAFOD NEWS DECEMBER 2025
Our CAFOD group wish all our parishioners a Happy and Peaceful Christmas and express their thanks for the wonderful support in donations, campaigns and prayers throughout the year.
Your support enables CAFOD's local partners to get to work all over the world. They don't tell people what they need - they are led by the communities they work with, and by the local partners already present and trusted in the area.
It is those local partners who have the best possible understanding of the challenges and opportunities of their communities. By supporting them, as they share their expertise and empower the skills of their communities, CAFOD knows your gifts are being put to the best possible use. CAFOD works with people from all backgrounds and of all faiths, and none, so that everyone has the opportunity to flourish.
9 Healey Ct, Burnley BB11 2QJ
NB please contact via St Mary's Presbytery: 01282 422 007
Parish Groups
Click here to go to our Groups Page.
Our local school is Christ the King RC Primary School.
Click here to visit their website (opens up in a separate page).
Christ the King & St Teresa's: Photos Old and New
A miscellany of photos, past and present, from the earliest days to the present (almost!)
- click here for Christ the King photos
- or click here for St Teresa photos
Links to other churches in the parish:
All pitcture from Pixabay, with grateful thanks.